St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-01
Meanwhile Their Friends Are
Engaged in Writing Some
Threatening Letters,
And Are Said to Have Ar
ranged for Another Chi
cagO Massacre.
A Clue Obtained to a Foul
Deed--GeneraI Criminal
Record.

of the United States supreme court to
render decision to-day in the anarch-
ist cases, and the announcement of the
chief justice that the court would not
be ready to make public such decision
until Wednesday or Thursday, are
thought to indicate nothing more than
that the courts Judgment will be set
forth in more or less elaborate opinion,
and that the justice to whom the prep
aratiOn of that opinion has been assigned
is not yet ready with it. The argument
in the cases was not concluded until
Friday afternoon; the justices could not
meet for consultation until Saturday,
and even were they in full agreement
as to all the questions raised, there
would hardly be time between Saturday
afternoon and Monday morning for the
preparation of careful opinion and its
discussion in conference. 1t is the gen
eral, and, in fact, universal belief of
lawyers who practice. at the supreme
court bar that the petition for writ of
error will be denied, but this belief is
based upon their own views of cOnstitu-
tiOnal law and the impression made
upon their minds by the argument. The
Justices of the court will not, of course,
allow any intimation to escape them as
to their views until the decision has
been formally announced from the
bench.
WILD THREATS MADE.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-UnWilling to rest
their chances for cOmmutatiOn of
sentence of the anarchists in the county
Jail on legal technicalities. voluminous
petitions and vitriolic diatribeS, the
anarchist sympathizers have, according
to most trustworthy report, descended
once more to the use of that satanic and
idiotic method of persuasion, the anOny-
nous threatening letter; and during the
past three weeks Judge Gary, States
Attorney Grinnell and others connected
with the famous trial, says the same
authority, have been daily deluged with
missiveS of this kind. While the Of
ficialS themselves pay little heed to this
cOwardly form of attack, their wives
have been made to suffer for them.
Especially is this the case with Mrs.
Grinnell. due to the receipt of letters in
event of nothing ibeing accom-
plished to save the necks of
the seven men, to kidnap her children.
In consequence she suffers mental tor
ment when they are out of sight, fearful
that the threats will be carried out.
The police force watching the neighbOr-
hood of Judge Gary and Mrs. Grinnell
has been considerably strengthened,
which. while adding some sense of Sc
curity to the vicinity, nevertheless
keeps the possible results of an attack
Oh the houses of the two officials fresh
in the minds of the residents. Judge
Gary himself treats the letters with a
contempt characteristic of the brave
jurist, and pursueS his daily routine of
duties with undiminiShed calm. De-
spite his attitude. however. he is fol-
lowed to and from his residence by a
detective. ever ready to spring to his
aid should occasion require, and an at
tack upon his person would have to be
executed with Skillful celebrity to be
successful.
y CRANK'S YELP.
The sheriff and police department
were considerably agitated yesterday by
the circulation from an unknown
ing circular, which is without sigma
turc or other indentification:
NOTICE.
WoTkingmen: Will you, as wOrkingmen of
Chicago allow champions of your legitimate
rights, who are now confined in Jail under
sentence of death brought about absolutely
by public clamOr occasiOned by grossly eX-
aggerated and fictitious statements of the
capitalistic press, hang? 1t would be damag
ing TO this land of boasted civilization. Work
ingmen, if those champions are to hang on
the 1th of November, rise in your might and
effect their rescue. The independence of the
United States was brought about by the use
of bombs and firearms. They are effective.
Forewarned is forearmed Any action that
may be definitely determined upon should be
kept secret until the proper time. 1t is notat
all probable that the militia will be on the
scene OF any attempted execution. This no
tce is not intended for any who are not in
sympathy with the condemned men. Further
notice will be given later OH.
Sheriff Matson, when shown a copy of
the circular yesterday, said he had no
idea who were circulating the SeditiOuS
sheet, and declined to express his Opin-
ion OH its Importance for day or two.
Capt. Setback was of the opinion that it
had emanated from the brain of some
crank who might have access to a print /
ing press. Capt. Black arrived from
Washington this morning. Referring
to the anarchist eases he said if the de-
cision at Washington is adverse the
strongest kind of efforts will then be
made 20 obtain clemency from the
governor. He thinks the revenge cir
culGrs published were cOncocted by the
enemies Of the condemned men.
IS 1T SELIGER?
EIlZABETH, \. j., Oct. 31.-CharleS
Hoffman, IL carpenter, says that on Sat
I.nay week he met Il man who called
himself Sce.:er or Sieler, or something
of tEat SOFT, and said lie had lately come
from England and had walked all the
way from New York seeking work.
Hoffman gave him lodging and helped
him get work. They drank together,
and the stranger, who seemed uneasy
In mind, became communicative and
said he was in Chicago at the time of
the IIaymarket riot and Helped carry a
trunk full of bombs to saloon just be- |
fore the massacre. When asked if he
threw the bomb himself he seemed much |
distressed, but finally said NO" He |
said he fed after the riot and went to
Shields, Eng. When the mali be- |
came sober again he begged Hoffman
not to report what he had said whil lie
drinking, but Hoffman had already told |
his employer about it, thinking the man |
might be Schnaubelt, the missing anar- :
chist. The man got work with far
mer named Mahlmann, but was so !,
nervous and seemed so TemOrSeful about |
something that he could do no work, |
and Mahlmann let him go. Later the
stranger was seen wandering along the !
Long Branch railroad track. The Eliz-
abeth anarchists think he may have |!
been Seliger, the man who testified |
against the condemned men to save his |
own neck. Seliger testified that he |
helped Lingge make bombs and carried |
them in a trunk to the anarchist head |
quarters. Il
A PITTSBURG STORY.
PITTSDURG, Oct. 31.-An evening pa
per publishes the following sensational